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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Walker County, TX
Every figure below is from EPA UST Finder — the EPA-compiled national registry of state-reported underground storage tanks — county aggregates as published by EPA.
171registered tank facilities
172open tanks
276closed tanks
61leak incidents on record
5cleanups still open
5 leak cleanups in
Walker County are still open — the state has not closed the case.
An open cleanup near a property you're buying or lending on is a findable, checkable fact: it appears in a
per-address screen with distance and the registry record.
Largest registered facilities
By open-tank count, from the facility-level registry. Every fact is attributed to the EPA record (linked ID); something wrong — use the correction path in the footer and we'll fix or remove it promptly.
| Facility | City | Open / closed tanks | Status | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTER 234 | HUNTSVILLE | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX106615 |
| STAR STOP 95 | NEW WAVERLY | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | TX90025 |
| WEST HILL EXXON | HUNTSVILLE | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | TX96757 |
| HITCHIN POST TRUCK STOP | HUNTSVILLE | 4 / 1 | Open UST(s) | TX80445 |
| POSSUM WALK JUNCTION TRADING POST | HUNTSVILLE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX59965 |
| PAPA KEITHS TRUCK STOP | RIVERSIDE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX73055 |
| HARDY PETROLEUM BULK PLANT | HUNTSVILLE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX70414 |
| HISD TRANS FACILITY | HUNTSVILLE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | TX72024 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEB 15 | HUNTSVILLE | 2018-05-02 | — | TX120518 |
| J & W MINIT MART 5 | HUNTSVILLE | 2013-10-30 | — | TX119352 |
| PINE PRAIRIE GROCERY DELI | HUNTSVILLE | 2010-09-16 | — | TX118490 |
| GAINES GAINES GRO | HUNTSVILLE | 2008-07-11 | — | TX117829 |
| LEES TEXACO | NEW WAVERLY | 1998-04-27 | — | TX112043 |
What this means if you're buying or lending here
- "Closed" ≠ clean. A closed tank was taken out of service per the registry — many were closed without soil testing, especially before the late 1990s.
- The registry is incomplete by design. Tanks removed before 1986 and most residential heating-oil tanks were never registered. A county with 171 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 5 cases in this county are still open; contamination may still be under investigation or remediation — distance from a specific parcel is what matters, and that's a per-address question.
Screen a specific property
This page covers the county. A purchase or loan decision needs the registry around one address: registered tanks at the parcel, every facility within 500 and 1,500 ft, leak cleanups with status and distance — each line cited to the official record.
Screen an address — $49 How it worksThis is a screen of EPA-registered tank and leak records, not an environmental site assessment. State registries are incomplete by design: tanks removed before 1986 and most residential heating-oil tanks were never registered, so a clean screen cannot prove the absence of a tank. "Closed" means a tank was taken out of service per the registry — it does not certify that no contamination remains.
source: EPA UST Finder EPA data vintage 2024-12-04 computed 2026-06-12